# Directives: sortartist
This directive defines the sort name for an artist.
The main purpose of the sortartist
metadata is to provide a sort order
for artists in the Table of Contents (ToC).
If no sortartist
is specified, the ToC will use the value of
artist
. So it is not necessary to specify sortartist
if artist
would already be sorted correctly.
If a song has multiple artists, there must
be a sortartist
for each artist
, and in the same order.
Examples:
{sortartist: Beatles, The}
{meta: sortartist Cohen, Leonard}
See also artist, Table of Contents, and meta.